Bernstein, Leonard > Chorus

A Total Embrace: The Composer

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-09-09

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Symphony no 1 "Jeremiah"; Serenade for Violin and Orchestra "after Plato's Symposium"; Symphony no 2 "Age of Anxiety"; I Hate Music, cycle of "5 kid songs" for s...
Performers: Adrian, Max; Alexander, Cris [Broadway]; Bernstein, Leonard; Calin, Mickey; Chaplin, Sydney; Chorus; Comden, Betty; Cook, Barbara [pop vcl]; Cooper, Marilyn; Ensemble; Entremont, Philippe; Girls, Sha...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Chorus; Columbia Jazz Band; Columbia Wind Ensemble; Ensemble; New York City Ballet Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Orchestra; Symphony of the Air

Personnel: Leonard Bernstein (piano); Nancy Williams (mezzo soprano); Isaac Stern (violin); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Philippe Entremont (piano).

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Bernstein conducts "West Side Story" / Te Kanawa, Carreras

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1998-08-11

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Livingston, David [voice]; Ollmann, Kurt; Reaux, Angelina; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Chorus

"...any listener...must recognize this historic set as superb entertainment and great music-making on every level, with an emotional impactclosely akin to that of a Puccin...continue...